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YOL. 1.
COLUMBUS, GRORGIA, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28. 18^5.
NO. 9.
OTER THE DAK.
Yei, lire Is » nwift-runu.DK river,
And it'a mighty bard stemming the tide.
But th*i boitt Klid'S so smoothly at star'in’
ols just like letting it glide.
it you hoo the white lovu Id your wftko.
While thnlMiw ihat hsugi o’er the t
Seemed n halo that beckoned mo there,
And the mist that rune from tko waters
Quite concealed the black gulf of dcs;-a
But I laughed os I i.»* how tli-y labored.
While my boat dallied along like a dro<uu !
W’liat inftt.ered which way it was cl din’
It 1 sailed with it i p or nailed down—
Behind 1 saw only lita s struggles,
Au 1 befurd me was j leosure—life’s crown.
But advice is so cbotp that whe i given
It amounts to just nothin’, you know !
And exper'ouce—well, that’s of some value,
But it Ain’t always wisdom it brings,
I’ve got It—you’re right, 'tis a untile.
And I plucked it at cost of its stings!
It’s tough lookin' up the bright river,
Aud Slicin’ where I might nave turne I back,
To think that 1 took things soe tsy,
Lollin' everything go to the lack,
But I'm hero now, just as you find mo,
And I’m—Aell, you can so> what 1 am:
I drifted, you know, w ith the current,
And. of c
rse, 1 >
r the dam.
[Translated r *tu the ITrcuch.J
j it would be lost to us, for it runs more
swiftly than the hire.”
“Woll it will have to be approached
closely,” said Johnson; “life will be
risked—but what matter? Why should I
not bo allowed to risk mine?"
"It shall bo I who will run the risk,"
cried tho Doctor.
"I!” simply replied Hatteras.
"But," exclaimed Johnson, "are you
not of more use to tlA safety of all than
an old man of my age ?"
"No, Johnson,” replied the Captain;
let mo make the attempt and I will not
not risk my life more than can be helped.
Besides, 1 uiuy be obliged to call on you
for assistance."
"Hatterus, are you then goieg to walk
toward that bear?” asked the Doctor."
"Were I certain of overturning it, even
though it hhould crush my akull I would
do it doctor; but at my approach, per-
haps it might take to flight. The baar ia
a creature of eunuing; we must try to
surpass it.in cunning.”
"What do you propose to do?"
"I propose to go within ten steps of it
without its suspecting my presence!"
"llow will you do that ?”
*‘My plan is risky but simple; you have
kept, havo you not. the skin of the seal
that you killed ?.”
"It is on the sled.”
"Good! Let us go back to our snow
house while Johuson remains on the
watch.”
The boatswain hid himself behind a
humtuosk, which effectually ecreauedhiin
from the bight of the bear.
The bear without moving from its place
continued its strange balancings whilo it
snuffed the air.
CHAPTER Y.
THE SEAL AND THE BEAK.
Hatteras aud the Doctor re-entered the
house.
“You know," said the former, that "po
lar bears hunt seals, which ara their
principal food. They watch for them for
days at a time by the sides of fissures in
tho ice, and us boon as the seals appear
on the surface of the ice they smother
them with their paws. Therefore the
presence of a seal would not alarm a
bear. Quite the contrary."
"I think I understand your plan," laid
tho Doctor. "It is dangerous."
"But it offers chances of success," the
Captuin answered, "and therefore we
must try it. I will clothe myself in this
sealskin aud crcop along the ice. Let ns
lose no time. Load your gun and give
it to mo.”
The Doctor could make no reply to
this, for ho would have done himself
what his companion was about to attempt.
He left tho house, taking with him two
hatchets—one for Johnson, the other for
Limself—and then, accompanied by Hat
teras, he directed his steps to the sled.
Thero Hatteras donned the seal skin,
which covered almost the whole of his
person.
During this interval tho Dootor loaded
his gun with his last lond of powder, and
thou be slipped into the barrel the slug
of mercury, which wun as hard as iron
and as heavy as lead.
That done, ho returned the arm to
Hatteras, who concealed it nnder the seal
skin.
"Go and rejoin Johnson," he said to
tho Doctor. "I will wait fora few mo
ments in order to perplex my adversary.
"Courage, Hatteras!" oried the doctor.
"Best easy, and above all do not show
yourself before I fire.”
The Doctor quickly walked to the hum
mock behind which Johnson kept himself
concealed.
"Well!" said the latter when the Doe-
tor appeared.
"Woll, let us wait! Hatteras is per
haps sacrificing himself to save us.
At the end of a quurter of an hour the
seal could be seen crawling along the
ledge. Ig had made a detour under the
bhelter of somo large cakes of ioe the bet
ter to deceive the bear, and was now a
hundred yards distant from that animal.
The bear perceived it and withdrew
within itself in the effort as it were,to hide
itself from view.
Hatteras imitated tbo movement* of the
spnl wilh remarkable fidelity to nature,
and the Doctor, had he not been forwarn-
ed, certainly would have been deceived
by them.
Tho Beal, while approaching the bear,
seemed not to peroeive it; it appeared to
be soeking a hole through which to
plunge into its native dement.
The bear in its turn, creeping among
tho ie* cakes, directed its steps toward
the seal with an extreme caution; its
flaming eyis shot forth glances of the
against a post split it and rebounded to j ^ 0f}t ar Jfint desire. For a month past
ille ground without having been broken. ” , perUa ^ s two *_ it had been fasting, aud
"That is past belief!" j noW chance brought to it a certain prey.
"Bat it is a fact, Johnson. Ileie now. The soul soon was not more than ten
we have a bit of metal that may save our j
lives. Let us leave it out iu tho air bo-1
fore making use of it, and et us ttud out
THE DESERT OF ICE;
OK,
A JOURNEY TO THE NORTH POLE.
BY JULES TSBNE.
CHAPTER IV.
The men were wearied with their long
maroh and the extreme cold made them
more languid than a tropical son. The
stove emitted a heat scarcely felt beyond
its sides, and close to it the breath of the
exhausted men formed a spray of ice
crystals that cut and splashed iu tho cold
air like miniature rapiers. Bleep might
have come to the weary men had not
hunger, with a cutting bitterness less en
durable than fatigue and cold, gnawed at
their vitals.
"I would be willing to die if I could
get all I want to eat and be warm once
more,” said Johnson, tossing his hands
above his head.
"If yon had all you w.iutod to eat you
would feel more auxious to live than
ever," replied the Doctor.
"Perhaps so. Doctor,” but I should liko
to try it by way of experiment," said the
half conscious man.
"Keep up good heart, my friend, you
will have all yon want to eat to-morrow,
but go to sleep to-night."
"To-morrow!" exclaimed Johnson, who
■3emed to come out of a troubled dream.
"To-morrow ?"
"You have no ball."
"I will make one."
"You havo no lead."
"No, but I have some meroury!"
And with these words tho Doctor took
up the thermometer. It indicated in tho
interior of the house fifty degrees above
sero.
The Doctor went out, placed the instru
ment on the ioe, and soon returned in
side the house. Tho temperature outside
was fifty degrees below zero.
"To-morrow !" he said to the eld sailor.
"Sleep and let us await tho rising of the
sun.”
The night passed amid tho sufferings
caused by hunger; only tho Doctor and
the boatswain oould alleviate their pains
with a ray of hope.
The next d»y, at dawn, the Doctor fol
lowed by Johnson, walked oat of doors
and run to the thermometer. All the
meroury had dropped into the small cavi
ty at tho bottom in the shape of a oom-
paot cylinder.
Tho Doctor broke the instrument, and-
with his fingers, which had been prudent
ly gloved, withdrew a piece of genuine
metal alightly malleable and of extreme
hardaeBS. It was a veritable slug.
"Ah, Mr. Clawbouny!" oried tho boat
swain—"what a wouder! You aro a re
markable man !"
"No, my friend," answered the Dootor.
"I am simply a man giftod with a good
memory, and who has read a great deal."
44 What do you mean?"
“I remembered an incident that is re
lated by Captain lto*» ia bis acoouut of
his voyage. He said that he had pierced
A plank an inoh thiok with a ball of Jro-
E-»n mercury fired from, a gun. Had I
any oil at my disposal I would have been
as well satisfied, for he also narrates that
» ball of tho oil of sweet almond fi
whether the bear has deserted us."
At this moment Hatteras emerged from
the ioe hut. The Doctor showed him the
■lug of mercury and informed him of
his projeot. The Captain pressed his
hand, and the three hunters began to scan
the horizon.
The weather was clear. Hatteras, who
had gone ahead of his comrades, discov
ered the bear lest th.m a thousand yards
distant.
The animal, squatted on its hind quar
ters, was calmly balancing its head on its
shoulders while it sniffed the odors of
these unaccustomed visitors.
"Here ft is!” cried the captain.
"Silenoe!” exclaimed the Doctor.
But the enormous quadruped did not
•tir when it caught sight of the hunters.
It looked at theip without anger or fear.
eps from its enemy. The lattter .und
uly rose fr »m its erouohing posture,
made a prodigious bound, and stupefied,
astouudod, stopped within throe steps of
Hatteras, who, throwing back his real-
skin, with one knee on the ice, was taking
deliberate aim at its heart.
Tho gun was dischsged, aud the bear
rolled over on the ice ! "Forward!
forward! ” cried the Dootor.
And then, followed by Johnson, he
rushed toward the scene of combat.
The enormous beast had partly risen
and was beating the air with one paw
while with tbo other it clntobed a handful
of huovf with which it tilled np i»s wound,
Hatteras had not stirred. He waited,
knife in hand. But he had taken good
aim, and had struck with a sure ball
speeded by an untrombling hand. Before
the arrival of his comrades he had plung
ed his knife to the hilt into the neck of
•hich fell to rise no more
Still, it would be very difficult to sp- , tho animal, which foil to rise no
proaoh it. J “Victory!" cried Johuson.
• "My friend," said Hatteras, "we have j "Hurrah, Hatteras! Hurrah!
not to do here with a useless pleasure, | Hatteras, not at all moved, with arms
but our lives are at stake. Let us act'crossed, looked at the gigantio oarcaes.
like prudent men." 1 ‘^ikia.iiiY | V »w act," said Johnson.
"Yes," replied the Doctor,
baton* lond at our disposal,
mast tell. .Should the animal ti
than neither'.onr teeth nor our knives
eould do anything with it.” *
Johnson theu began to akin this im
mense beast, whose proportions were
nearly as large as those of an ox. It was
nine feet in length and six in oironmfer-
ence, and two enormous tusks, three inch
es long, isaued from its gums.
Johnson opened it, and found only
water in its stomach. The bear evident,
ly had not eaten for a long time. Yet it
was fat, and ita weight waa more than fif
teen hundred pounds.
It was divided in four parts, each
furnishing 200 pounds of flesh, and l^e
hunters dragged all this load sb far as tne
{louse of ioe, without forgetting the ani
mal's heart, which, three hours after its
death, still beat vigorously.
The Doctor’s companions would have
devoured this meat raw willingly, but he
restrained them, and asked for time to
broil it.
Glawbonny, on entering the house, had
been am prised by the coldness of the tem
perature that prevailed in it. He ap.
proached the stove, and found tho fire
entirely out. The morning’s occupation,
even the anxiety caused by their situa
tion, had caused Johuson to forget the
duty of keeping the stove burning—a
performance which was confided habitual
ly to his cure.
The Doctor set about reviving the fire,
but amoog the already cold cinders he did
not even find a single spark.
"Gome!”he eried, "a little patience!"
He returned to the sled to look for the
tiuder, and asked Johnson for his steel.
"The fire in tho stove is extinguished,"
he*said to him.
"The fault is mne,” returnedjJoknson.
He searched for his steel in the pooket
in which he usually kept it, but was sur
prised not to find it there.
He felt about in his other pookets with
out any better suocess; returned to the
bouse, tossed about the covering under
whioh he had slept during the night, but
all in vain; the r.teel was not to be found.
"Well!" called out the Doctor to him.
Johuson returned to where his oomrades
stood and gazed at them.
4 ‘Have you not the steel, Mr. Glawbon
ny?" he asked.
"No, Johuson.”
"Nor yon, Gaptain ?"
. "No,” replied Hatteras
"It lias always been in your posses
sion," continued the doctor.
"Well, I haven’t it any longer," mur
mured the old sailor, becoming pale in
the face.
"No longer!" exclaimed the Doctor,
who conld not help shuddering.
The party hod no other steel, and the
loss of this one might produce terrible
oonseqnenccs.
"Look well, Johnson," said the doctor.
The old sailor ran toward tne cake of
ice, from behind which he had watched
the bear, aud then to the scene of the
combat with the animal where he had cut
it up; but he found nothing. He oame
baok in despair.
Hatteras looked at him without a word
of reproach.
"Thia is serious," he said to the Doo
tor.
“Yes," replied the latter.
"We have not even an instrument—not
a telescope from which we oonld take the
lens to procure; fire."
"I know it," answered the Doctor;
"end that is unfortunate, for the sun’s
raya wonld be strong enough to light the
tinder."
Well," returned Hatteras, "we mast
appease onr^hunger with this raw meat.
Then we will resume our march and try
to reach the ship."
Yes,” said the Doctor, absorbed in his
thoughts—"yes, that might be done in
ease of necessity. Why not ? It can bo
tried."
"What are you dreaming about?’’ ask
ed Hatteras.
‘An idea that oocnrs to me."
‘Anidoa!” oried Johnson. "An idea
from you ! Then we are saved ?"
‘But will it succeed?" remarked the
Dootor. "That is the question'"
"What is your idea?” asked Hatteras.
"We have no lens. Well, we will make
one."
"How ?” asked Johnson.
"With a piece of ice which we will cut
into proper shape."
"What?" You think that?"
"Why not. What is necessary is to
cause the sun’s rays to converge to a
foOns, and ice may serve to do this as
well as.the best crystal."
Is it possible?" asked Johnson.
‘Yes; only I would prefer ioe formed
from fresh water to ioe forinod from salt
water. The former isMiarder and more
transparent." -
Well, if»I mistake not," said Johnson,
pointiog out a hammock about fifty yards
away, "that block, almost dark in its ap
pearance, and that green color indicate—"
"Yon are right. Come, my friends.
Johnson, take yourTiatchet." The throe
directed tbeir steps towards the
block pointed out, which, in fact, waa
found to be composed of fresh-water ice.
Tho Doctor bad a piooe a foot thick ta
ken from it, and began to shape it roughly
with the hatchet. Then he made the
surface more even with his knife, and
finally he polished it little by little with
his hand; and soon he had a lens as
transparent as though it had been made
ont of the most magnificent piece of crys
tal .
Then he returned to the entrance of the
house of ice; there he took a piece of
tinder and began bis experiment.
The sun shone with sufficient strength
at that time ; the Doctor exposed bia ice
lens to its rays, whioh he concentrated on
the tinder.
The tinder took fire in a few seconds.
44 Hurrah! hurrah!" oried Johnson,
who could not believe his eyes. "Ah,
Mr. Clswbonny—Mr. Glawbonny!"
The old sail or conld not contain him*
•elf for joy; he came and went like •
minntes later tho stove was roaring, end
soon a savory odor of broiling meat
aroused Bell from his torpor.
The enjoyment of this repast can bo
imagined. The Doctor, however, coun
seled his companions to bo moderate in
eating. He himself practiced what he
preached, and while still eating he oen-
tioned his remarks.
"We are enjoying at present a day of
good fortune," he aaid. "We have the
oertainty before us of provisions^suffloient
for tho rest of our journey, bnt at the
same time we must not surrender our
selves to the delights of Gapna, and we
would do well to resume onr maroh."
44 We should not be farther sway than
forty-eight hour’s tnsroh from the Pdr-
poiBe," observed Altamout, who had al
most altogether reoovered. the power of
speech.
"I hope," said the Dootor, laughing,
4 ‘that we shall find the wherewithal to
make a fire!"
"Yes," replied the Amerioen.
"For if my ioe lens serves Us purpose,"
he continued, "it oannot be of any ate
on days when the sun does not shine, and
such days ars frequent a v less than forty
degrees of the pole."
"Ah!" exclaimed Altament, with a
sigh; "at less than forty degress! My
ship went to where a oraft had never ven
tured before!"
"Lot ns resume our march !" command
ed Hatteras, shortly.
"Forward!" exolaimed the Doctor,
casting an anxious glance at the two cap
tains.
The travelers' strength was quickly re-
atorefi. The dogs had eaten largely of
the remains of the bear; and they rapidly
set out for the North.
The journey was pursued without any
incident. The bear’s meat did not fail
the party, and they eat hearty meals. A
certain good humor, even, prevailed
among the little troupe, thanks to the
Doctor's sallies end his amiable philoso-
pby.
This worthy man was never at a loss to
fiod in his scientific fund of knowledge
some information to be deduoed from
facts and things. Ilia health continued
good; he had not grown thinner, notwith
standing all bia fatiguee and troubles, and
his friends in Liverpool would have re-
cognized him easily, especially in hie in
variable good humor.
Daring the morning of Saturday the as
pect of the immense plain of ioe visibly
began to bo modified. The ice-oakes in
confused heaps, the more frequent pack-
i • gs of the ice, showsd that the ioe-field
was subject to a great pressure. Evidently
•ui.ue continent unknown, some new
bland, in barring the pasaee had canoed
this topsy-turvy condition of the ioe.
Blocks of fresh-water ict occurring more
frequently aud of larger size, indicated
thAt they were near a coast.
Not far off, therefore, lay a new land,
and 'he Dootor burned with deaire to en
rich the maps of tho northern hemisphere
with the outlines of new countries.
The pleasure of discovering unknown
coasts and of tracing their lines with a
pencil oannot be imagined. This was
the Doctor’s aim, as that of Hatteras was
to walk even at the pole itself; and in
advance he enjoyed the idea of naming
the aeaa, the straits, the bays, .the sligh-
est windings of these new conti
nents.
lie wonld not omit bis companions,
nor his friends, nor her "Graoious Ma
jesty," nor the royal family; bnt he
would not forget himself, and he looked
forward with legitimate satisfaction to
a certdin "Gape Glawbonny."
These thoughts occupied his mind the
entire day. la the evening the encamp
ment was made as usual, and each one
in his turn watched daring this # night,
which was passed near unknown lands.
On the next day—Sunday—after an
ample breakfast which was made off the
bear’s paws, and whioh was much en
joyed, the travelleas marched northward
with a slight incline te the west. The
route was becoming more rugged, but
still they walked rapidly.
Altamont from the top of the aled, waa
watching the horizon with a feverish at
tention, while his companions were the
prey to an involuntary anxiety.
The last solar observations had shown
them to be in latitude eighty-three degees
thirty-five minutos, end longitude one
hundred snd twenty degrees fifteen min
utes. This was tho looality assigned to the
American ship ; and the question of life
or death was to receive its solution that
d»j.
At last about 2 o’olook in the afternoon*
Altsmont lifting himself to bis full height,
checked the littlo company with a thrill
cry, and pointing out with his finger s
whito mass which every other eye wonld
have confounded with the surrounding
icebergs, he cried in a loud voioe:
"The Porpoise!"
[to be cohtihubd.]
***iN/r
Be Falthfal.
A man oannot afford to be unfaithful
under any oircamstanoss; a man oannot
ifford to be mean at any time; a man
oannot afford to do less than hit best at
all .times snd under all oiroumstanoes.
No mattor how,wrongfully you are placed,
and no' matter how unjustly you are
treated, you caoeot, for yonr own sake
afford to ;uie anything but your better
self, nor to rouder anything but yonr bet
ter services; you cannot afford to chest a
cheater; you caonot lie to a liar; you can
not afford to be mean to a mean man;
you oannot afford to do other than deal
uprightly with any man, no matter what
exigenoiea may exist between him and
you. No msu can afford to be anything
but a true mao, living in his higher na
ture snd aoting from the highest consid
erations.
—An English Judge has recently de
fined" gentlemen" as a term whioh 44 in
eludes anybody who has nothing to do
d U oetaide ef the workhouse."
—A nod fello—Morpheus.
—Something about milk—water.
—Tranoe action—Walking in ona’s
sleep.
—A waste of time—That of a atout old
lady.
—Why did Freedom shriek? Koe—
oinsko fell.
—Good plaee for matohtnaking—Sul
phur Springs.
—The best way to take a oool bath is to
take it coolly.
—Who ia the oldest lunatic on reoord ?
Tims out of mind.
—“What oan’l be oured roust be sold
fresh,’’ is what they aay iu Porkopolia.
—Iu aome of the new styles there ia no
ohaage. Poor relatives are out the same
as last year.
—What's the use, in these days, trying
to be honest? exolaimed a grumbler.
Oh, you ought to try it once and see, re
torted one of his companions.
—A person of an inquiring turn of
mind aska: "Does the Lord love a man
who speeds at a ohuroh festival the money
ho owee to hia washerwoman?" We pass
the oonundrum to the next man.
—A farmer eom plains that It hook and
ladder oompany haa been organized in bis
neighborhood. He states that the ladder
is used after dark for eliming into hia
hen house, after whioh the hooking ia
done.
—A clergyman at Paris, Ky., stopped
hia prayer to lead an unruly man out by
the ear, and then went on: "As I waa
•ayiog, O Lord. ’’
— 4 ‘I guess I’ll take this book," remark
ed a Chicago lady te the clerk of a book
■tore; it’s got twice as muoh gold-leaf
on the oover aa any of the rest."
—A Memphis doctor treated a man for
asthma when the disease waa kidney oom-
plaint, and the jnry made him fork over
$3,000, which aoothea the kidneys won
derfully.
—The obituary notioe of a muoh re
spected lady conolndea with, "In life ahe
was a pattern worthy to be followed: and
her death—oh how consoling to her
friends.”
—Spilkins got home about two o'clock
Sunday morniug, indignantly pronounc
ing the eclipse a fraud. Mrs. bpilkins,
with a woman’s intuition, st once inspect
ed the color of his breath, aud ordered
him to bed in disgrace.
—Mrs. Samuel Revolver Colt ia going
to found an orphan aaylutn." If the asy
lum is intended for the orphans her re
volvers have made, we should Ike to know
where she is 'going to find a vaoant lot
large enough for it.
—It looks bad to see a dog proceeding
bis master down the street and calmly
turn down the ataira to the first.aaloon he
approaches. It shows there is something
wrong, something lacking, a deplorable
tendency on the part of the dog.
—A lawyer once asked a hotel-keeper
the following question: "If a man gives
yon a hundred pounds to keep for him,
and dies, what do you do? "Do you
pray for him ?’’ "No, air," replied the
landlord, "I pray for another just like
him."
—The ei tisens of Gettysburg are iu a
starving oondition. Moat of them invest
ed their money in material for making
battle relict, the relics won’t sell, aud ba
sinets ia dead broke.
—The London Telegraph compliments
its conn try men by saying, 4 ‘The most
brutal, the most cowardly, the moot piti
less, the meet barbaroas deeds done ia
the world sre perpetrated by the lower
classes of English people."
—A ahrewd Indianapolis widow made
her lover deposit $3,000 in the hands of
a trustee on the morning of the wedding
day, the money to be at her order for di-
viorc* par posse should ehe ever deaire to
take such notion.
—A few weeks since a Chicago drnm-
mer saw a young lady plowing a field
in Maoooupin ooauty, Illinois. He
stopped to ask: "When do you begin
cradling ?" "Not till heads are hotter
filled than yours," waa the sententious re
ply. The young man passed musingly on.
—A story is told of an old gentleman,
who always took notice of hia minister’s
sermonn, and on one occasion read them
to the minister himself. "Stop! stop!"
said the latter, on the occurrence of a
certain aentenoe, "I didn't say that.” "I
know yon didn't," was the reply, "I pat
that in myeelf to make sense."
—Sheridan didn't always get the beet
of a dialogue. Some one ohartoterixod
him aa "good at a fight, bnt better at a
play, god-like in giving, bat the devil to
pay." Juat after be had taken a new
honae he met Lord Gnilford, to whom
he said: "Well, all will go on now like
dock work.” "Yea," aaid his lordship,
"tick, tick." *
—Three Saginaw girls of the methodist
persuasion having met together, conclud
ed to pray for the welfare of their lovers,
but ths first one had not got very far
along in her petition when it waa discov
ered that they wera all engaged to the
■ame man. The religious exercises were
at onoe terminated and an indignation
meeting organised, the result of whioh
waa that the gay deceiver waa obliged to
leave.
—When "flarj Smith," for so she signs
herself, saw in the St. Peter Tribune the
advertised wish of a young naan to en
gage in matrimony” aha at onoe wrote
from Cleveland, Minnesota, where she
reaided, to aay that ehe would be seven
teen on the Nth of February. If ahe
means the next 29th of February ahe
meat be a very young body yet. Howev
er, ns she has yaller hair, is 5 feet 2 inches
high, measuring 33 inohea round tho
waist, can make apple pics aud stew ap
ple aass to perfection, and is ou the
whole a good housekeeper," the young
man in St. Peter can perhaps do no (tet
ter. Aa ahe oonolnden abbly to Sarah
Smith," we infer also that bhe haa a cold
in the head.
Preflt or Culture
A oultivatod mind may be said to havo
Infinite stores of innocent gratification.
Everything may bo made interesting to
it, by becoming a subject of thought or
inquiry. Booffk regarded mereely ns n
gratification, are worth more than all the
luxuries on earth. A taste for literature
secures cheerful occupation for the un
employed and languid hours of life; and
how many persons, in these hours, for
want of innocent resources, are now im
pelled to coarse pleasure? How may
young men can be found in this city, who
unaccustomed to find a companion in a
book, and strangers to intclloctual activ
ity, are almost drivoo, in the long, dul
evenings of winter, to haunts of intern-
peranoe and bad society.
Lawyers.
LIONEL €. LEW, JR.,
Attorney and Con livelier at Law.
Commissioner of Deeds N. V. and other States,
uttlceovor Georgia Home Iniurano* Co.
Special attention given to collections.
deoS
SAMUEL U. HATCHER,
Attorney at Law.
ja2o Office over Wlttioh k Kin
A. A. HOSIER,
Attorney nnd CeaaMtler at Law,
Practlcoe iu State aud Federal Courts ia (Jeorgia
—Dr. Decaisne explains the immunity
of some regions from cholera on the theo
ry of tellnrie conditions. Thus the free
dom from that disease noticed in Lyous
he describes to the fact that the city rests
on grauite. Bot how does this theory
meet the case of New York ? That city
rests on gneiss, aud yet has suffered se
verely from cholera.
—There is a tribe on tho westorn coast
of India whioh has the singular custom
of wearing an apron of leaves ovor the
ordinary garment. Mr. Wallhouso re
gards thia as the survival of a very an
cient custom, and thiuks that the loaf
waa a badge of degradation. At present
the women alone wear these aprons, lio-
lieving that to leave them off will bring
ill lock.
—The new vegetation whioh sprang up
in some parts of France after the war of
1870 has not proved to be persistent. In
the departments of Loiret and Loiro-et-
cher ont of 1G3 Gorman speoies, less than
half remain and many of these are dis
appearing. On the plateau of Belleville,
whioh in 1871 famished several strange
speoies, only one was collected last year.
Professor Leidy has discovered that the
FHaria muscat, a paraaito whioh was lirqt
netioed in the house fly of India, infests
the common house fly of this country
also. It is a thread worm, from a lino to
the tenth of an inoh in length, and occu
pies the proboscis of the fly. Its pocu-
ouliar position haa led to the supposition
that some of the human parasites may be
traceable to it.
—M. Marie Davy oonsiders the excellent
crop of cereals this yesr to bo due to a
very high aotiuometrio mean. Actinic
action he regards as ono of tho principal
elements of a climate in its results upon
vegetation; and ho ascribes the early ma
turity and good oondition of the cereals
this year to tho groat abundance of cbein-
ioal rays. The year does not so far differ
materially from the year 1873 in temperu-
ture.
—M. Ghsrbonnier haa noticed that at
the periods of the equinoxes the water of
aquariums becomes greenish and the glass
■ides grow no dirty an to require cleaning
several times daily. This is due to a sud
den growth of inycoderms at the time of
the fall moon end especially of the equi
noxes. These genus are poisonous to tho
fishes, producing a periodical mortality
among them.
—In the Indian Ocean occur tracts of
mud suspended in the sea, the origin of
which is still unexplained. 1 hoy Bhelter
many kinds of fish which breed in their
depths secure from their enemies. Though
constantly perturbed from causes un
known, these banks are not affected by
storms, and vessels which run into them
to escape a monsoon are paid to he as safe
as if behind s breakwater.
—The condition of the sea bottom over
the 2,700 miles which separates Toueriffo
from Bombrero is as follows: Volcanic
mud and sand, 80 miles; Globigoriua
ooze, 350 iniloa; red clay, 1,050 milts;
Globigerina ooze, 530 miles; red clay, 850
miles; Globigerina ooze, 40 miles—that
is, 1,900 miles of red day to 720 miles of
Globigerina ooze. As this oozo is limited
to water of not more than 2,250 fathoms
depth, those proportions aUo mark tho
extent of deep water.
—The greatest drawback to the use of
■team on the canals is the fact thut tho
steamboats .are not allowed any advan
tages at tho looks, aud at these points
the delays aro often so groat as to increase
the time of the trip very materially. Do-
duoting all detentions, tho steam canal
boat Buffalo made the round trip from
New York to Buffalo in 11 days 8} hours,
and the Baxter mado the same trip in 10
days and 22 hoars. It is said this compa
ny will havo 100 boats at work noxl year.
—When the eleotrio spark is passed
over surfsoes of glass covered with a
very thin layer of lampblack, tho traces
show under the inieroscropo, a rogular
structure. Sparks from four to six cen
timetre* long leave a clear furrow thro
millimetres wide, with a dark axis. Tho
particles of lampblack have either been
projected latterly or collected along the
axis. On the side of the powitivo con
ductor the trace of the spark is almost
always ramified in bundles, which is uot
the case on the sido of tbo negative con
ductor.
—A man was recently found lying in
sensible in the street by the police of
Baltimore. He has since been claimed
by a woman who positively identified him
ae her husband, and by a young man, a
stranger to tko woman, who Is joat aa
positive that the man ia hia father.
Mauk It. BLAaeroaD. Loots F. Uasiaw.
11LANHFORH * GARRARD,
Attorneys nnd Uonnsollors at Lnw.
Office No. 07 Broad atm-t, over Wlttich k Kin-
dry Mora.
Jap. M. Hum ill. Osa*. J. tiwirt.
RUIMLL A SWIFF,
Attorneys aud Counsellors at Law. Will praetlce
“» Ida Court* of Georgia (Chattahoochee Circuit)
a . i_t -- 0. A. itedd a Uo.’s atore,
__ J * 1
L. T. DOWNINM,
Attorney nnd Solicitor.
8. Coiu’r aud ltegijter lu Baukruptcy. Office
o«2U | over Brooke' Drug More, Columbus, Oa.
R. J. MOM EM,
Attorney nnd Cnnneellnr at law,
Cotton Faotorlaa.
Sheetings, Shirtings, and Sewing and
Knitting Thread.
Cardn Wool aud Grind* Wtioat and Corn*
Office* iu rear or WlUich k Ktoael’*, Randolph *t.
Jal8 K. U-CHILTON, President.
MllliOUEE MANUFACTURING CO.
Manufacturers of
fit KKT1NG8, BU1RT1NG8,
YARN, K0PI, A*.
OOLUMBUB, U A.
O. P. SWIFT, President.
‘. SWIFT, Secretary k Traaaurar. octal ly.
Painters.
WM. SNOW, JR., A CO.,
House and Mtgn Falntere,
Old Oglethorpe coruer, (Juat north of postofflee)
Columbus, Georgia.
Ilouao and dign Painting
WELLh * CURTIS,
Hoots and Shoes, Leather nnd Findings.
Give prompt nn.l oareftil attention to order*
by mall; pay the bigueet market prloa lor
Dentists.
W. F. TiUMM.lt,
Dentist,
Oppoeitu Btrupper'a building, Randolph fct.
special attention given to ilia iuaerliou of Aril*
flci»l Teeth, hn well aa to Uperatlvo ilauiwlry
lebltt U*w
i'OLUXBlIH DENTAL ROOMS, ,
Builders and Architects.
J. U. CHALMERS,
House Unrpenter nnd Bnllder.
Jobbiug done at Abort notice.
Plaua and apecillcailoaa furnlabed for all etylaa
Ja!»
Columbua. Ua.
HR. at. D. LAW.
OUlco corner Broad and Kaudolph streets, Burros'
building.
Iteeideuce on Forsyth, three doors below tit. Glair.
Tin and Coppersmiths.
WM. FEE,
Worker In Tin, Sheet Iron, Copper.
Orders from abroad promptly attended to.
1*7 No. 174. Kroad Street.
Hotels.
AHAMM HOLME.
When you pu to Opelika, be eure to stop at the
i you go P
A*1 fui., iloiii
Plano Tuning* *c.
E. W. REA 17,
Repairer and Tuner of Planoee, Organs and
Accordeona. Higu Painting also done.
Older, may I* be left at J. W. Pease k Norman'
Livery and Sale Stable..
ROBERT TUOKPBON,
l.lvery, kale nnd Exehnnge hlnblrn.
ooletuohpb, Noam or KAimoLra <9v»..
0<?L10 Goliimbna, Ua.
Fresh Meats.
J. W. PATRICK,
Stalls No. 1* and IS, Market House.
Freeh Heal, of overy kind uud beat quality
Jail 'always ou band.
J. T. COOK,
Freeh Menle of All Klnde,
*agO Stall. Nos. II and 17.
OPELIKA DIRECTORY.
Doctors.
OB. JAB. T. WABNOCK,
Burgeon nnd Physician.
Office at Slaughter’* Drug Btors, Railroad street.
Tailors.
O. A. KCEUNE,
Merchant Tailor and Cutter.
A full stock of French and Bnglieh Broadcloths
Caseimere* and Vettings,
aprlfi No. 1 'Si Broad Street
HENRY BELLMAN.
Cutting, Cleaning nnd Repairing
iu in the best style.
>r'J41 d«>njer Orawford and Front Fti
Tobacco, Clears, Ac.
MAIER HORN.
If yon waut to enjoy a gojd smoke, go to hie
Cigar Mauufactory,
Between Georgia Home and Mnsoogae none.
Confectioners.
I. O. BTJtUPPBK,
Candy KsssfiMtirer
a as siAimii
AU kinds of OonMIonery nnd FvnMe
Bilek Onndy lteenta.
foil weight gaaraateed in east has.
Crooere,
Mtorla full, OrocrtM, •
tWMB OgUthorp. £jml
40* ll« rtMg. tor
I. ■AMLTM,
Wkalml. Md |
■otlM of IrsnkUa, Wtmm A I
w.tohinehere.
c. atoueassasr
PrneUenl WaMhaahw and
r to L. Oatewahy,
M oSh«i.
ft LBQY7UV,
road street, Oslaal
Watches and Cloaks repaired i
isr and warranted.
Pres s-Rtaklnq.
Drees-Making, Catting sad «itttag. Tnelilf
Resides oe aadshop la IreWMVtlie.
Berber Shop*.
bah.
M. RUT, —mt,
<5™-^ »«m u*, bun amn. Coii.k—i •—
Soot and iheamajiag|
Redd k Co.’*. Pronpt a
Cun and Looksmlths.
ruiur Brin,
Qua ud Loduwlik, Craw—rd MnM, Mi «.
mMr| Ciahi, 0a.
WILLIAM MM
Lockmltb >a4 4—to. _
Uriftli. 4—t a, Bkfi,,—*, (
LAWYERS.
HIKES DOXIER,
Attorney at Law,
■AUHIW,
W J>f J^wktr. 1 *!—!*
REAL ESTATE ACEWVS.
JOHN BLACKMAR,
St. Clair Street, Gusty 4 * HUMIng, next te
Preer, Ulgee h Oe.
Real Estate & Insurance Ag’t*
amts, ar mmonnr,
To dsYshsRta’ end Unheal—* Bank, this «My
MILLINKUY.
E offer to the pehlle ft* the next thirty
days, ear lsrgs sad well SMerted aleek
lea'. Misses’ sad Children's Rate and
bonnets, trimmed and nntrlauMd. et seat hr
each, snd sll other artioles la eerltt* at greet
JE
I. OOLYUT h
At
mg/ss.
FOR SALE AND RBUT
HOTELS.
Rankin House,
Columbna, Gft.
I. W. STAS, fNflft
fuat flown, (Ml
Ruby Restaurant,
Bar and Billiard Islosn,
U.Dn m Rftrax Hoon,
J. W. KYAO. rw>i,
For Sate.
M
on Mi
Y FARM known ae
KlMMftj ‘
un-ogee Railroad, eonsteti
-800 olosrod, aod belsseo
and nearest the depot. Mr,
resides on tho plao*. Good
and celled boas*; healthy *
knows at my lawoi
JAMMU. IDM1
T. tl. BLANCHARD,
I2S Broad St., ColuMbw, Sa.
D EALER In staple and]
and Agent for tho Troup
to the trade their 7 and tea Q*a*h^j*, V ee.
Checks and Stripes and Cotton Yi
Dry Goods
Commercial Hotel.
EUFAtJLA, ALABAMA.
•PREDICATED to the Commercial Travelers
D ef the United Statse, sad allweoae tm*
sling on business or pleasure. We wtU 4e all
wo osn to make yonr stay with ua pieeieat BM
agreeable. Give as a trial.
RIDDLE kEMITBA, I
DEGRAFF ATAYL01,
BUklMtllW III Pllll a
Furniture, Bedding,
LAMBREQUIBB.!*0„
Nos. 87 and ae Bowery
u .Hanna, Am